About Tustin Unified

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

School-by-School Openings

Name of School / Grades Year Location Acres Origin of Name
Tustin High School
     9-12
1921
Rebuilt 1956
1171 El Camino Real
Tustin
29 Originally named Tustin Union High
School because it served five elementary districts
Tustin Memorial Academy
     K-5
1956 12712 Browning Ave.
North Tustin
9.35 Formerly Tustin Memorial School;
named in memory of former Tustin students killed in WWII and Korea
Guin Foss ES
     K-5
1957
Closed 1978
Reopened 1997
18492 Vanderlip Ave.
North Tustin
9.02 Originally Vanderlip Ave. School;
renamed in memory of district nurse
Loma Vista ES
     K-5
1957 13822 Prospect Ave.
North Tustin
10.94 Means "View of the Hills" in Spanish
Benjamin F. Beswick
ES
     K-5
1958
Closed 1982
Reopened 1986
1362 Mitchell Ave.
Tustin
9.5 Beswick was principal and superintendent, 1916-23
Columbus Tustin MS
     6-8
1959 17952 Beneta Way
Tustin
21.85 Tustin's founder
Barbara Benson ES
     K-5
1960
Closed 1978
Reopened 1992
12712 Elizabeth Way
Tustin
10.63 Originally Sycamore School; renamed
for trustee in 1992. (1967-92)

(Barbara Benson 1919-2004)
Red Hill ES
     K-5
1962
Closed 1982
Rebuilt/
Opened 2001
11911 Red Hill Ave.
North Tustin
9.56 Street on which located and historical
landmark
C.E. Utt MS
     6-8
1962
Closed 1978
Reopened 1994
13601 Browning Ave.
Tustin
20.64 Utt was a prominent Tustin pioneer
Marjorie Veeh ES
     K-5
1963 1701 San Juan St.
Tustin
9.5 Originally San Juan School; renamed
for former teacher, principal, associate superintendent, 1945-75.
(Marjorie Veeh 1918-2007)
Foothill HS
     9-12
1963 19251 Dodge Ave.
North Tustin
37 Its location at the base of Lemon Heights and Cowan Heights
Helen Estock ES
     K-5
1964 14741 North B St.
Tustin
12.47 Estock was an eighth grade history
teacher, 1940-61.
Arroyo ES
     K-5
1965 11112 Coronel Rd.
North Tustin
8.83 Its location nestled in the hills
C.C. Lambert ES
     K-5
1965
Closed 1978
Reopened 1996
1151 San Juan St.
Tustin
10 Lambert was the original owner of the site
W.R. Nelson ES
     K-5
1965 14392 Browning Ave.
Tustin
9.98 Nelson was superintendent of the
elementary school district,
(1946-66)
Hewes MS
     6-8
1966 13232 Hewes Ave.
North Tustin
20 Street name honored pioneer
David Hewes, original owner of the
property
Robert P. Heideman
ES
     K-5
1969
Renovated 1991
15571 Williams St.
Tustin
8.7 Heideman was a teacher and principal,
1956-67
Jeane Thorman ES
     K-5

A.G. Currie MS
     6-8
1972 1402 Sycamore St.
Tustin
35.33 Thorman was secretary to supt.,
1945-65.

Currie was principal, District Business
Manager, 1954-74.
Hillview HS
     9-12
1975 (Temporarily at Heritage School 10.2 Formerly Los Cerritos School; renamed
Hillview in 1975 for its location;
Los Cerritos means  "The Hills" in Spanish
Tustin Ranch ES
     K-5
1995 12950 Robinson Dr.
Tustin
10 First school built in the Tustin Ranch development
Peters Canyon ES
     K-5
1997 26740 Peters Cyn.,
Tustin
10 Located in the Tustin Ranch development
Pioneer MS
     6-8
1999 2700 Pioneer Rd.
Tustin
20 Located in the Tustin Ranch development
Ladera ES
     K-5
2001 2515 Rawlings Way
Tustin
10 Means "Hillside" in Spanish; located in
the Tustin Ranch development
Myford ES
     K-5
2001 3181 Trevino Dr.
Irvine
9 Located in West Irvine near Myford Road
Hicks Canyon ES
    Grades K-4
    (2011-12 school yr)
2004 3817 Viewpark
Irvine
15 Name comes from the nearby regional
park and nature trail. Hicks Canyon was
named after James Coleman Hickey,
a local stablekeeper who raised bees in
the canyon area during the late 1800's.
Arnold O. Beckman HS
     9-12
2004 3588 Bryan Ave.
Irvine
40 Named for world-renowned inventor,
entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Orchard Hills School
    Grades 5-6-7
    (2011-12 school yr)
2010 11555 Culver Dr.
Irvine
  Located in the Orchard Hills development.
Heritage School
     K-5
     (Opening TBD)
      15400 Landsdowne Rd., Tustin   Located on the former
Tustin Marine Base.

ES - Elementary School
HS - High School
MS - Middle School

Updated: July 18, 2011


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